Re: Check NIC for speed and promisc mode
Thanks a lot for the fast response Bart! Man... just a few months away from playing with these tools and I forget everything ;-) Just for the curious: sh-2.05# mii-tool eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD, link ok sh-2.05# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:21:D8:CA:34 inet addr:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Bcast:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:57608213 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:61894552 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:5 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:2864521106 (2731.8 Mb) TX bytes:3091168733 (2947.9 Mb) Interrupt:5 Base address:0xe800 Again, thanks. Sincerely, Jason - Original Message - From: "Bart-Jan Vrielink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jason Lim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 6:51 PM Subject: Re: Check NIC for speed and promisc mode > On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Jason Lim wrote: > > > How can I check the "real" connection speed of a NIC? These are realtek > > 8129/8139 network cards. The leds behind the NIC aren't exactly > > informative. I was hoping there was some way to do this directly in linux > > through a hardware call. I checked /proc and i couldn't find anything > > pertaining to this. > > mii-tool (Package: net-tools) or mii-diag (Package mii-diag). > > > On a related note, how can I check if the card is in "promisc" mode? Some > > software seems to leave it in promisc mode... so once I find out if it IS > > in promisc mode, how can i switch it back? > > ifconfig eth0 | grep PROMISC > ifconfig eth0 -promisc > > -- > Tot ziens, > > Bart-Jan > > http://www.zentek-international.com/
Re: Check NIC for speed and promisc mode
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Jason Lim wrote: > How can I check the "real" connection speed of a NIC? These are realtek > 8129/8139 network cards. The leds behind the NIC aren't exactly > informative. I was hoping there was some way to do this directly in linux > through a hardware call. I checked /proc and i couldn't find anything > pertaining to this. mii-tool (Package: net-tools) or mii-diag (Package mii-diag). > On a related note, how can I check if the card is in "promisc" mode? Some > software seems to leave it in promisc mode... so once I find out if it IS > in promisc mode, how can i switch it back? ifconfig eth0 | grep PROMISC ifconfig eth0 -promisc -- Tot ziens, Bart-Jan
Re: Check NIC for speed and promisc mode
Thanks a lot for the fast response Bart! Man... just a few months away from playing with these tools and I forget everything ;-) Just for the curious: sh-2.05# mii-tool eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD, link ok sh-2.05# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:21:D8:CA:34 inet addr:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Bcast:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:57608213 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:61894552 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:5 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:2864521106 (2731.8 Mb) TX bytes:3091168733 (2947.9 Mb) Interrupt:5 Base address:0xe800 Again, thanks. Sincerely, Jason - Original Message - From: "Bart-Jan Vrielink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jason Lim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 6:51 PM Subject: Re: Check NIC for speed and promisc mode > On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Jason Lim wrote: > > > How can I check the "real" connection speed of a NIC? These are realtek > > 8129/8139 network cards. The leds behind the NIC aren't exactly > > informative. I was hoping there was some way to do this directly in linux > > through a hardware call. I checked /proc and i couldn't find anything > > pertaining to this. > > mii-tool (Package: net-tools) or mii-diag (Package mii-diag). > > > On a related note, how can I check if the card is in "promisc" mode? Some > > software seems to leave it in promisc mode... so once I find out if it IS > > in promisc mode, how can i switch it back? > > ifconfig eth0 | grep PROMISC > ifconfig eth0 -promisc > > -- > Tot ziens, > > Bart-Jan > > http://www.zentek-international.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Check NIC for speed and promisc mode
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Jason Lim wrote: > How can I check the "real" connection speed of a NIC? These are realtek > 8129/8139 network cards. The leds behind the NIC aren't exactly > informative. I was hoping there was some way to do this directly in linux > through a hardware call. I checked /proc and i couldn't find anything > pertaining to this. mii-tool (Package: net-tools) or mii-diag (Package mii-diag). > On a related note, how can I check if the card is in "promisc" mode? Some > software seems to leave it in promisc mode... so once I find out if it IS > in promisc mode, how can i switch it back? ifconfig eth0 | grep PROMISC ifconfig eth0 -promisc -- Tot ziens, Bart-Jan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
